In my opinion the Akorn is SO efficient with heat it actually works against itself when smoking. It takes such a small fire to get Temps to 250-300 and it'll stay that way ALL day without hardly burning any coal. Well this means it isn't burning that wood either. I would put the small tiny chunks close to the middle too because that's where the fire is started. You've probably already noticed it doesn't burn much during the cook process.
I think you'll really like the stone, I just don't think it'll solve your lacking smoke flavor. That will take experimenting with wood sizes and placement. But you'll get it down, I have faith! :thumb:
